A television or movie dramatization of events based on fact.
[DOCU(MENTARY) + DRAMA.]
docudramatic doc'u·dra·mat'ic (-drə-măt'ĭk) adj.docudramatist doc'u·dram'a·tist (-drăm'ə-tĭst, -drä'mə-) n.
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doc·u·dra·ma (dŏk'yə-drä'mə, -drăm'ə) ![]() |
A television or movie dramatization of events based on fact.
[DOCU(MENTARY) + DRAMA.]
docudramatic doc'u·dra·mat'ic (-drə-măt'ĭk) adj.| WordNet: docudrama |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
Synonyms: documentary, documentary film, infotainment
| Wikipedia: Docudrama |
A docudrama is a dramatization of actual historical events. As a neologism, the term is often confused with docufiction.
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Docudramas tend to demonstrate some or most of the following characteristics:
Docudramas, then, are distinct both from the main line of historical fiction, in which the historical setting is a mere backdrop for a plot that are be set in many periods,
The impulse to incorporate historical material into literary texts has been an intermittent feature of literature in the west since its earliest days. Aristotle's theory of art is based on the use of putatively historical events and characters. Especially after the development of modern mass-produced literature, there have been genres that relied on history or then-current events for material. English Renaissance drama, for example, developed sub-genres specifically devoted to dramatizing recent murders and notorious cases of witchcraft.
However, docudrama as a separate category belongs to the second half of the twentieth century. After World War II, Louis de Rochemont, creator of the March of Time, became a producer at 20th Century Fox. There he brought the newsreel aesthetic to films, producing a series of movies based upon real events using a realistic style that became known as semidocumentary. These films (The House on 92nd Street, Boomerang, 13 Rue Madeleine) were widely imitated, and the style soon became used even for completely fictional stories such as Naked City. Perhaps the most significant of the semidocumentary films was He Walked by Night, based upon the serial killer Erwin "Machine-Gun" Walker. Jack Webb had a supporting role in the movie and struck up a friendship with the LAPD consultant, Sergeant Marty Wynn. The film and his relationship with Wynn inspired Webb to create what became one of the most famous docudramas in history -- Dragnet.
The influence of New Journalism tended to create a license for authors to treat with literary techniques material that might in an earlier age have been approached in a purely journalistic way. Both Truman Capote and Norman Mailer were influenced by this movement, and Capote's In Cold Blood is arguably the most famous example of the genre.
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| Translations: Docudrama |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - dokumentardrama
Nederlands (Dutch)
tv-drama gebaseerd op waar gebeurd verhaal, docudrama
Français (French)
n. - docudrame
Deutsch (German)
n. - dramatisierter Dokumentarfilm
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) δράμα βασισμένο σε αληθινά γεγονότα
Italiano (Italian)
ricostruzione filmata
Português (Portuguese)
n. - filme (m) de estória verídica, documentário (m) dramático
Русский (Russian)
телефильм, основанный на реальных событиях
Español (Spanish)
n. - docudrama
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dramadokumentär
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
文献电视片
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 文獻電視片
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 실제 사건을 드라마로 만든 것
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ドキュメンタリードラマ
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) برنامج تلفزيون يعالج الأحداث التاريخيه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - סרט תיעודי, דרמה תיעודית
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